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Farmers typically control rodent populations using rodenticide baits, which are expensive, and, when used incorrectly, are inefficient, and pose a risk to children, pets and wildlife. Cats may offer a safer, more efficient and cheaper option for farmers, but concerns for cats\u2019 impact on wildlife and possible negative outcomes for their own welfare may lead to them being underutilized. Through semi-structured interviews with 15 people from 9 dairy farms in two regions, we explored the value cats have to dairy farmers and the perceived impact of the Australian Tax Office making working cat care tax deductible. The data gathered during interviews indicated that uncontrolled rodent populations have a detrimental impact on dairy farms and showed that farmers valued having cats due to their efficiency in pest control, monetary savings and companionship. They struggled to cover the cost of cat care, however, particularly costs like sterilization and vaccination, which are necessary to enhance cat welfare and protect native wildlife from diseases and cat overpopulation. Our findings demonstrate that dairy farmers value the working cats on their farms for rodent control. Allowing cat care to be tax deductible may enable farmers to provide care such as sterilization, vaccination and food, potentially improving farmers\u2019 wellbeing and cat welfare whilst reducing cats\u2019 impact on wildlife. It is strongly recommended that relevant industry bodies gather additional evidence from both dairy and other types of farming operations, and if results are consistent with the findings from our study, they lobby state and federal governments to consider that cats kept on farms for rodent control be considered tax deductible as they are in the US and UK and are also exempt from state cat registration and permit costs as working dogs are in Australia.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani15060800","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,12]],"date-time":"2025-03-12T04:55:44Z","timestamp":1741755344000},"page":"800","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Feline Farmhands: The Value of Working Cats to Australian Dairy Farmers\u2014A Case for Tax Deductibility"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Caitlin","family":"Crawford","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Pet Welfare Foundation, Kenmore, QLD 4069, Australia"},{"name":"School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jacquie","family":"Rand","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Pet Welfare Foundation, Kenmore, QLD 4069, Australia"},{"name":"School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Olivia","family":"Forge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Far South Coast Branch, Animal Welfare League New South Wales, Bega, NSW 2550, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vanessa","family":"Rohlf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5864-4464","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pauleen","family":"Bennett","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rebekah","family":"Scotney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Lang, B., Dam, A., and Taylor, K. 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